"He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the
world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away the
sin by the sacrificeof
Himself"
(Hebr. 9:26).

In eternity past our Heavenly Father wanted to have sons
for a relationship and a love fellowship. His spoken Word became His
Son and created all things visible. Our Father knew that His creation
would sin against Him. Even before He created Lucifer and this world,
our Father foreknew of Lucifer's rebellion with a third of the angels.
Our Father wanted to have some sons to replace these that would have a
choice and would choose to love Him. Our Father knew that mankind
would also sin, beginning with Adam. His Son became awilling sacrificethat would pay the sin payment in full with His death. So the Lamb was
slain before the foundation of the earth in the mind and heart of God (Rev.
13:8).

"Almost all things are purged with blood, and without
the shedding of blood there is no remission" of sins (Hebr. 9:22). When
Jesus was raised from the dead, after
having obtained eternalredemption,
He entered the Most Holy Place in heaven with His own blood, and
purified the heavenly utensils with His own precious blood (Hebr. 9:12,23).
Through the blood of Christ, and through the
eternalSpirit,offered Himself without spot to God (Hebr. 9:14). We should
be ever grateful and in love serve the Lord God forever! With His shed
blood Christ purchased our justification and righteousness to our Father
(Rom. 4:22-25). With the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for
all, we have received His sanctification and holiness (Hebr. 10:10; Col.
1:22).

Christ now lives as the Mediator of
the new covenant, in order that we may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance
(Hebr. 9:15). When we received Christ at our Spirit rebirthing, we received
the Mediator of the new covenant to live inside of us as us.
Christ is the author of eternal
salvation in us (Hebr. 5:9). We are literally saved by
Christ's resurrection life in us (Rom. 5:10). Not only was Christ awilling sacrifice
to purchase our salvation, but remains
an ever living
sacrifice in
us

to do the Father's will, while simultaneously mediating in the presence of
God for us (Hebr. 9:24; Rom. 8:34)!
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